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| What is Theme, Tempo and Texture when refering to music? |
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Theme: The musical idea upon which a composition is developed
Tempo: The speed at which the music is performed
Texture: The blending of different voices/instruments |
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| What are some types of Sacred Music? |
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| Chants, Masses, Hymns, Oratorio, Sonata |
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| Wht are some types of Secular Music? |
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| Madrigal, Concerto, Symphony, Sonata |
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| Who was Madalena Casulana? |
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| The first professional woman composer in Venice. |
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| The fusing of music and poetry (a secular polyphonic vocal composition without accompaniment for three or more voices) |
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| What is a World Painting? |
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| Musical sounds that imitate the meaning of the text in an attempt to convey the emotional content of the poem. |
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| Female Ranges in Voice (highest to lowest) |
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| Ranges in Male's Voice? (lowest to highest) |
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| What did Instrumental Music emphasize? |
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| Dramatic contrasts in Tempo and Texture |
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| What genres can Baroque Instrumental Music be separated into? |
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| "Sounded" music that is played, not sung. |
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| What's the difference between a Secular Sonata and a Religious Sonata? |
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Secular: three movements - fast, slow, fast
Religious: four movements - slow, fast, slow, fast |
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"Contrasting" bodies of sound.
Three movement secular composition written for two groups of instruments - one smaller than the other. |
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| What can be said about the Concerto that makes it unique from the Sonata? |
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| They play "in dialogue". The music creates a kind of conversation. |
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| A concerto featuring a soloist and a small orchestra. Most Baroque Concertos were this. |
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| Who was Giovanno Gabrieli? |
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| The organist at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. |
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| How many organs did the cathedral feature? |
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| With the two organs, who else did Giovanni perform with? |
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Four Separate Choirs
Two Brass Ensembles.
(These were located in the balconies)
(The audience would hear alternating sounds from the douplicate amount of bands) |
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| What is Canzona of Twelve Tones? What does this resemble in today's sound quality? |
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An attempt to produce the effect of a musical dialogue between two brass ensembles.
Stereo Surround Sound |
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| Designating a specific voice or instrument that serves to highlight each part of the composition (Founded by Giovanni) |
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| Gabrieli introduced what to music composition? What were their types? |
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Dynamics
Pianissimo: very softly
Piano: softly
Forte: loud
Fortississimo: very loud |
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| Who was Claugio Monteverdi? |
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Literally means "work".
Plural = Opera |
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| Monteverdi's first Opera was what? It was the first Opera to integrate what? |
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Orfeo 1607.
Music with Drama. |
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| Three forms of Italian Opera and what they are? |
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Basso Continuo: (continuous bass) vocal line sung above instrumental line
Recitativo: singing that allows for a quicker telling of the story (lively exciting dialogue, fast)
Aria: a solo/duet song to highlight singer's virtuosity (slow and expressive) |
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| Male opera singers that have been castrated in their youth in an attempt to preserve their soprano voices. |
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| Who is Antonio Vivaldi? What piece is he known for? |
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Catholic Peiest that composed both religious and secular music.
The Four Season Concerto |
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| How many concertos did Vivaldi compose? |
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| Explain Vivaldi's concerto movements. |
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First: Allegro (fast, cheerful)
Second: Allegretto/Leno (slower, expressive)
Third: Presto (faster than first) |
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| What did Vivaldi's Concertos come to be known as? |
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| Instrumental Music that is somehow connected to a sory or an idea. |
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| Full orchestration (unifies music) |
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| Solo performances that contrast back and forth with the Ritornello. |
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| Creates a dramatic effect. Central theme played in tonic key. Episodes played in different keys. Then returns to tonic key. |
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| What does the Four Seasons Concerto challenge? |
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| The listener to find meaning "outside of the music itself". (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) |
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